Dictionnaire anglois-françois et françois-anglois; tiré des meilleurs auteurs qui ont ecrit dans ces deux langues. Par A. Boyer, L. Chambaud, J. Garner et M. Des Carrières. Contenant: 1° La signification des mots ... 2° les constructions et les façons de parler particulieres; 3° les idiotismes et les proverbes ... 4° les synonymes anglois; 5° les termes de sciences, d'arts et de metiers, 6° la pronunciation ..
Dictionnaire anglois-françois et françois-anglois; tiré des meilleurs auteurs qui ont ecrit dans ces deux langues. Par A. Boyer, L. Chambaud, J. Garner et M. Des Carrières. Contenant: 1° La signification des mots ... 2° les constructions et les façons de parler particulieres; 3° les idiotismes et les proverbes ... 4° les synonymes anglois; 5° les termes de sciences, d'arts et de metiers, 6° la pronunciation ..

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On the Death and Life of Languages
On the Death and Life of Languages

Author: Claude Hagège

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0300137338

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Twenty-five languages die each year; at this pace, half the world’s five thousand languages will disappear within the next century. In this timely book, Claude Hagège seeks to make clear the magnitude of the cultural loss represented by the crisis of language death. By focusing on the relationship of language to culture and the world of ideas, Hagège shows how languages are themselves crucial repositories of culture; the traditions, proverbs, and knowledge of our ancestors reside in the language we use. His wide-ranging examination covers all continents and language families to uncover not only how languages die, but also how they can be revitalized—for example in the remarkable case of Hebrew. In a striking metaphor, Hagège likens languages to bonfires of social behavior that leave behind sparks even after they die; from these sparks languages can be rekindled and made to live again.

Divine Names on the Spot
Divine Names on the Spot

Author: Fabio Porzia

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Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789042951617

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'Ancient Greek and Semitic languages resorted to a large range of words to name the divine. Gods and goddesses were called by a variety of names and combinations of onomastic attributes. This broad lexicon of names is characterised by plurality and a tendency to build on different sequences of names; therefore, the Mapping Ancient Polytheisms project focuses on the process of naming the divine in order to better understand the ancient divine in terms of a plurality in the making. A fundamental rule for reading ancient divine names is to grasp them in their context - time and place, a ritual, the form of the discourse, a cultural milieu...: a deity is usually named according to a specific situation. From Artemis Eulochia to al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat, from Melqart to "my rock" in the biblical book of Psalms, this volume journeys between the sanctuary on Mount Gerizim and late antique magical practices, revisiting rituals, hymnic poetry, oaths of orators and philosophical prayers. While targeting different names in different contexts, the contributors draft theoretical propositions towards a dynamic approach of naming the divine in antiquity.'

Language Contact and Bilingualism
Language Contact and Bilingualism

Author: René Appel

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 9053568573

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What happens – sociologically, linguistically, educationally, politically – when more than one language is in regular use in a community? How do speakers handle these languages simultaneously, and what influence does this language contact have on the languages involved? Although most people in the world use more than one language in everyday life, the approach to the study of language has usually been that monolingualism is the norm. The recent interest in bilingualism and language contact has led to a number of new approaches, based on research in communities in many different parts of the world. This book draws together this diverse research, looking at examples from many different situations, to present the topic in any easily accessible form. Language contact is looked at from four distinct perspectives. The authors consider bilingual societies; bilingual speakers; language use in the bilingual community; finally language itself (do languages change when in contact with each other? Can they borrow rules of grammar, or just words? How can new languages emerge from language contact?). The result is a clear, concise synthesis offering a much-needed overview of this lively area of language study.

Bilingualism
Bilingualism

Author: Hugo Baetens Beardsmore

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780905028637

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This revised edition of a major textbook provides an introduction to the queries that arise in connection with bilingualism and the effect it has on the personality. It underlines the normality of speaking and using more than one language and aims to dispel many myths and fears. It should interest all types of reader - parents, educators and policy makers, as well as language specialists.